Since the early 19th century, developments in the British railway industry have been, and continue to be, regularly celebrated through commemorative practices. These acts of remembrance for different elements of the industry’s history are presented through a series of “components” (Papadakis) including celebratory events, material culture, and literature. Crucially, these components are drawn together to create a linear narrative of “progress” that concertinas time between the historic event being remembered and the commemorative event itself. This paper will demonstrate the role of “mobilities” in the context of commemorations of British railways from the mid-19th century to the present. Focusing primarily on elements of the industry’s history connected to Britain’s East Coast Main Line, this paper will demonstrate how the coalescence of the static, the moving, and the metaphorical contribute to the pervasiveness of the mobility of linear narratives of progress over time and space, ultimately erasing the spiderweb trajectories of technological development from popular culture and memory. In doing so, it will consider the deeper relationship between vehicles of mobility and the pathways —or punctuation points—of memory they help stimulate and cement in the public consciousness.